| Show BOSTON CONG O L DR A i TUNNEL 1 Ono One of the greatest st improvements for fo the economical handling of the thc porphyry por par porphyry i ph I do deposits of the Boston leston Consolidated Consol Consoli dated properties is now being made mado By I obtaining some Baie r right ht of way y privileges the tho management is dr driving in a Ion long tunnel tun tun- i I nd nel about 1500 fe J in len length th through h I tho the mountain This tunnel taps tho the ore I deposits on au the tho Bingham ham canyon side hide file of tho the mountain and cuts through t to tho tue gravity tramway on the tho opposite side sid in iu Carrs Carr's Fork canyon When this channel is completed the company will U not hot havo have to operate the electric trains around tho mountain n nI 1 I which are aro now hOW hauling tho pro product to toI I I the tramway The Tho tunnel cuts down the distance from its is ore are pits lIlts to the gavit- gavit I line lino lne moro more than half hLf and in iu addition to I saving paving the power f for r transportation tho the time saved in haulage makes n b consid consid- i enable item In fact it is said that th thy th reduced cost of pro production for each ton tonof tonof tonof of oro ore when the tunnel is completed will wi make mako quite quie an item as compared to I the tho methods of putting putI the product product product pro pro- duct on Cn tho the market It I is lS further shown I I that it will i eliminate an any dely delays due IUt to weather interference so often a LanI Lan ban I to the operation of elc- elc electric Im lines s. s I It I is said on competent authority that there is s also a n readjustment o of I m ing char charges 6 to be e made wade in 1 tho the Boston Hoston Consolidated ores It I seems that tho the sampling of tho the great sulphide el deposits di by y experts was wal not correctly I. I done dono According According Ac Ac- Samu l amud l cording to the reports given en on the thu values alas to bo be I from these c ores he lie ma made mado e a contract which secured to be of advantage to the tho thC Boston Boton company It I has since developed c that there thoro were soine some borne errors mado made in this sampling nn and as a n result the Garfield I plant has lias been char charging in a 3 penalty i lD co n a product that should give the tLe Boston Consolidated a premium I When hen the tho balance sheets were inspected in in- by the engineers re rc recently r- r cent this was clearly cleary seen Been and Samuel Newhouse and General Manager nag nag-er Lafayette Lafay Lafay- cUe ette Hanchett began at once to get et in in with tho the smelting company's com coin pany's offices In New York Yort Th They y arc are I both in the cast east at t this time timo and it is is said BlI by some somo of the tho engineers at Bingham Bingham Bing Bing- I ham that dint when they thoy return it will wi be with wih a contract contact which will wi make a difference difference dif dif- hf- hf ference of C thousands of dollars annually to the Boston mines Work on tho the four additional sections Boston is being be he- to tho milling plant of the is in jog ing hurried and Bettles is pleased with the pro progress rc s. s When they arc finished this company compan will wi havo have ei eight bt sections of its plant in operation and anil the concentration of the tho porphyry ores will i b be carried on in a n manner that promises cas easy sailing Failing for or another of the tho great reat copper producing properties of the Bingham bam belt Sonic criticism has been made mado with ith the manner in which the Boston mines and mill mi havo have been rounded out It I should bo borne bore in mind that its is neighbor neigh bor tho Utah Copper had n a number of unforeseen obstacles to overcome boo bo- fore it reached i Us its present position as LS one of the tho big i copper copper bread winners inners of this continent continent While the tho deposits deposit of ore in these two properties are aro very similar the tho lay of the ground lound is decidedly decided decided- ly lv different With Wih the enlargement of tho the m mill the more economical production production tion of its ores a bettor beter treatment chargo charge and numerous other other changes changes it i would seem that th the tho Boston will wi soon soonbo bo ho in a position to to show handsome profits Bingham then will wi have ha tho the distinction of claiming four of the largo large lano copper producing properties of the tho country anti and Utah will wi soon be in the list of the red metal mines of the world |
